British Rapper MIA Denied Entry Into U.S. Options

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British rapper MIA was reportedly refused a visa by American immigration officials due to the political content of her lyrics.

MIA's lyrics are said to support the Sri Lankan political group Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan armed forces.

The rapper, born Maya Arulpragasa, was planning to visit the United States to work on her new album with various Hip-Hop producers.

Shortly after the incident, the London-born Sri Lankan rapper posted a blog on her Web site telling fans, "Roger, roger, do you hear me, over? The U.S. immigration won't let me in, I'm locked out. They won't let me in. Now I'm making my album outside the borders."

Last year, MTV banned MIA's single "Sunflowers" because it was a song about a suicide bomber.

http://allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=5714

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^ That's not all that surprising. I mean, really, look at their parent compay: Viacom. They got Comedy Central to pull the plug on the Scientology episode of South Park because Tom Cruise threatened not to promote M:I:3. And you know that if they didn't pull it, the government would've made them do it anyway.


BTW, the name of the song is "Sunshowers," just so you all know. It was misquoted in the article.